Ink Drawings Are Coming! and I've Become a Bobblehead

Egret
Medium: Ink
Size: 7x10 inches

I'm doing ink drawings again! These are fun and easy drawings for my brain to "Zen out" with during my morning coffee. Most of these drawings have a very "sketchy" feel to them, while some will have a more polished look. I'm having fun creating different animals and species that I haven't yet done. More to come-- and I should post the for sale hopefully later this week. Let me know if you see one you'd like to own so I can reserve it for you. These are originals and I don't plan to make prints of any of them, so once they're gone, they're gone. Most of these drawings will be priced around $15-$30. All the drawings in this post are copyrighted to me, Claire Nobles ©2013. No reproductions of any kind.

Birds of Prey
Medium: Ink
Size: 7x10 inches

Flight
Medium: Ink
Size: ~7x10 inches

 As you can probably tell, I was working on birds for a few hours that day. I wanted to experiment with different styles, brush strokes, shading, etc. It was quite fun!

Flying
Medium: Ink
Size: ~5x7 inches

Flight 2
Medium: Ink
Size: ~7x10 inches

As usual, my title-skills have not improved or become original whatsoever...

Sea Horse
Medium: Ink
Size: ~7x10

Then I had to draw sea horses for some reason... I like drawing sea horses!

Sea Horse 2
(Sold)

I would have done more inks, but I had a Jeff Mangum Concert to go to. (It was amazing.) I'm not usually one who shares stuff about music, but since I was listening to his albums during the creation of all of the above drawings, I owe him a little shout-out.

 Jeff Mangum sounds like a cross between Kurt Cobain and a psychopathic folk singer who is having a bad dream while on painkillers (in a good way). Tim described him to me as a guy who is so passionate about his music, that it's physically painful for him to play it. It was evident to me during his first number. He's kind of awesome. Probably an R rating for his lyrics though (to keep in mind)!

This pose started out as an accident... but then I just went with it.  You know you love it.

After the concert, we went to a restaurant called "The Crepe Place" - guess what they served there? Oh yeah, crepes! Genius restaurant name, and great food.

Last night I got two watercolor commissions, plus I still have a few ink commissions to do, so I shall be busy-busy-busy! Hoping to post the above drawings for sale on my Etsy sometime this week! Stay tuned!

Still Working-- PROMISE!!

Various Inked Drawings (all roughly 4.5x7 inches or less) by Claire Nobles ©2012

Hey guys!
After having so much fun and success with my inked drawings last night (half of them are sold!) I returned to the drawing board for some requests --which turned out a lot better than I originally thought they'd be!

The requests I got were a phoenix, koi fish, and owl, daisies, a cherry blossom tree and "a giant squid fighting a rhino."

Above is a picture to prove I actually got the inks that were requested DONE!! (save for the cherry blossom tree-- but I added it to the owl one... sort of. And obviously the rhino idea was done away with)

The squid was the first thing I worked on. I had a doodle I drew on a stickynote so I went off of that! I'm really happy my weird friend asked for a squid!!

The daisies were funny because I started one, decided I hated it and started another! Halfway through that one I decided I hated that one-- but that the first one wasn't so bad and it just kept going on like that until I was satisfied with both of them!

The Koi Fish story is a secret for now! Heeheehee! (don't you love it when I do that!)

I'll try and get to the cherry blossom tree at a later time btw!

Anyways, I am EXHAUSTED!! and it's past midnight! So I'll upload them individually and list them all on Etsy hopefully tomorrow! The phoenix and both daisies will be under $10. The Owl will be under $15. And the Koi and the Squid (which is my new fave) prices are yet to be determined.

Once listed, they will all be available in *this gallery which you can view by clicking here!*

Let me know if you have other requests and I'll try to accommodate them!

I'm Working-- I Swear!

Night Hunter by Claire Nobles - $9.00

Medium: Ink 

Size: ~4.5x7 inches

©2012

I got a new pen! So I decided to give it a whirl and I turned out six new ink drawings! This is quite a treat because since my PC (big computer) is still being fixed, and unable to scan images, then these inkings are a great way for me to show everyone that I'm actually being creative!

In a class I took a few semesters ago, we used a Chinese Brush pen to capture 30 second poses by a model. We did them for twenty minutes at the beginning of class (making SIXTY 30 second ink drawings per class -- oh yeah, on ~18x30something inch paper). Most of the class dreaded the gesture drawings. It's much much harder than it seems. Sometimes 3 brush strokes was all it took to capture the model's movement, pose, mood -- and other times 5 strokes were too many or ten were too few!

Anyways, the new pen I purchased is a felt tip brush pen which is much different than a Chinese brush, but still has the same idea. All the inked drawings were done with that pen today. I was able to get super baby fine lines and big chunky ones out of one pen! Plus my drawings took anywhere from 5-15 minutes. I've listed them on my Etsy Shop under "Originals." Most of theses new inks are under $10. --Seriously. They are a great way to keep my creative brain going and to keep busy. And the low price is my way of saying "Thank you" to all of you for your support!

Koi Fish by Claire Nobles - $7.00

Medium: Ink

Size: ~4.5x7 inches

©2012

Two of my friends saw my fish and went nuts. I guess I'll be making some time in my schedule for some koi paintings....

Lonely Mermaid by Claire Nobles - Sold

Medium: Ink

Size: ~4.5x7 inches

©2012

My friend bought this one within 20 minutes of me listing it! I was worried that the black sketchy look wouldn't be popular, but what do you all think?

Little Fae by Claire Nobles - $4.00

Medium: Ink

Size: ~4.5x5 inches

©2012 

A popular pose with me. I meant to have her on a mushroom, but it didn't quite fit, so I cropped off the bottom of the page, making her a mere 4.5x5 inches! She's only $4

Scattering Fairy Dust by Claire Nobles - $20.00

Medium: Ink

Size: ~4.5x7 inches

©2012 

My favorite. I priced it at $20 so that I may have time to scan it in and sell prints of it as well. 

 Spark of Life by Claire Nobles - $5.00

Medium: Ink

Size: ~4.5x7 inches

©2012

It started with the flower and morphed into something quite extraordinary (or just plain odd).

To see my ink gallery on Etsy Click Here!

Also, let me know if you would rather see original inked drawings for sale on Etsy or for Sale through my Website!

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P.s.

I'm having CRAZY SALES! I've listed quite a few product sets for more than 30% off on Etsy. Check them out by Clicking Here!

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P.p.s.

Let me know if there is a certain ink drawing above that you would either like to see offered as a black and white print or turned into a painting. Thanks!!